‘My long-distance relationship is making me conflicted over my career’
Tell Me About It: ‘I like this person but feel like I’m betraying my independence’ PROBLEM: I am a student in a long-distance […]
Author: MurphyTrish
‘I am losing my best friend and I don’t know how to deal with it’
Tell Me About It: She became less and less available but I don’t know why. I am grieving our friendship PROBLEM: I am […]
‘My wife often reacts angrily when I try to talk to her about her drug use’
Tell Me About It: ‘I sometimes can’t figure out her mood and feel I’m always on watch’ PROBLEM: I would appreciate your advice […]
‘I’ve moved into a shared apartment, and my new flatmate is getting on my nerves’
Tell Me About It: ‘They are needy, nosy and quite immature, and say very inappropriate things’ PROBLEM: Five months ago I moved into […]
‘I fell for a woman who’s now gone from my life. How can I stop imagining a future together?’
Tell Me About It: ‘I feel sick inside and miss her so very much. I just want to be with her. What […]
‘My daughter emigrated to New Zealand 17 years ago. I’m still devastated’
Tell Me About It: ‘I feel sick inside and miss her so very much. I just want to be with her. What […]
‘My boyfriend left his wife, and now his children will not talk to him’
Tell Me About It: As his children do not speak to him, can it be assumed that your relationship began before his […]
‘I’m in a relationship with a woman who is 20 years older. That she will continue to age scares me’
Tell Me About It: ‘If she turns 60 or 65, I have big doubts I would still be physically attracted to her, […]
‘I’m dreading Christmas – it will be my first without alcohol since my teens’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have kept a low social profile this year to avoid temptations, so at Christmas it will be […]
‘All the caring I put into my parents – the time, effort and money – is gone, wasted’
Tell Me About It: I feel I am just dragging my way through each day until I too become elderly, like my […]
‘I still love her more than any other girl, including my girlfriend’
Tell Me About It: Who to date? The one I love the most but who is less intentional about her life or […]
‘My husband wants to expand our business, but at what cost to our family’s quality of life?’
Tell Me About It: ‘We have built such a good life. But my husband is about to risk what we’ve achieved’ PROBLEM: During […]
‘I am in my 70s and in a relationship with a man 10 years my senior. I am worried I will end up caring for him’
Tell Me About It: ‘He has asked me to marry him and I find that I am upset by this as I […]
‘My partner hasn’t told his girlfriend about me. I feel like I’m the one he’s having the affair with’
Tell Me About It: ‘He was in an open marriage when we met, and was forthright with me from the outset. I […]
‘I am a frontline civil servant at a dead end in my present role. I would like a change’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have become frustrated and disheartened with a job I have loved’ PROBLEM: I am a frontline civil servant […]
‘My obese husband drinks, smokes and has had a heart attack, but will not change his lifestyle’
Tell Me About It: The move from obesity to wellbeing can seem like an insurmountable task for many PROBLEM: My husband recently had […]
‘I am a gay man in a straight woman’s body. If I were to speak to my husband about this, it could end our marriage’
Tell Me About It: I love my family, and I would not want to lose them for anything. Should I start the […]
‘I’ve been struggling my entire life, mostly socially and with being a functioning adult’
Tell Me About It: ‘I’ll be 30 soon, and I can’t help but think of all the mistakes I’ve made’ PROBLEM: I’ve been […]
‘My friend of 25 years appears distant, unhinged and enraged. What can I do?’
Tell Me About It: He was always easy-going and incredibly outgoing, but as he nears his 50th birthday he is nothing like […]
‘I am finding IVF very stressful, but I don’t think my husband cares too much about it’
Tell Me About It: I don’t think he realises how much his comments and inaction make me feel like I’m flying solo […]